tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Dec 14 23:33:44 1996
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RE: KLBC: yet more again...
> Using {-wIj} is considered derogatory, but for some reason I doubt that
> Klingons would use it just to insult someone. I think it's more of a taboo
> than a method of insult. Besides, if your so-called lord is not worthy of
> being referred to with {-wI'}, is he worth insulting?
I suppose, but I wanted to make it bite and fester at the same
time. Sort of the Klingon equivalent of calling someone a "tool". :)
> > <tengchaHDaq tlhIngan wo' vItoy'pu'.>
> > I served the Klingon Empire on a space station.
>
> Do you really need the {-pu'}? You English sentence give me no reason to
> expect it.
I was just trying to relay some time element in there, in that my
serving that station has elapsed and concluded. I'm still clinging to
tense too hard, methinks...
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